Game.



PATBNTED FEB. 24'. 1903-.

, 0. H. GRANDVALL.

GAME. APPLICATION nnnn' 00121, 1902.

no MODEL.

UNITED I STATES CHARLES H. ORANDALL, OF DANBURY, CONNECTICUT.

PATENT. ()FFICE- GAME.

SPECIFICATION formingpartof Letters Patent No. 721,544, dated February 24, 1903.

I Application filed October 1,1902. Serial No. 125,542. (No model.)

To all whomz't may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. CRANDALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Danbury, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Games, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a game of thesurface-projectile type and the objectthereof is to provide aconvenient form of amusement whereby considerableskill will be required in projecting aball or sphere upon alooped path,

- played. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the interior of a guidecasing, showing a springpressed follower and a sphere held therein. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the guide-casing, the interior nr'iech anism being shown in elevation.

Referring to the drawings, the referencenumeral 1 designates a strip which forms the alley or pathuponwhich the sphere is to be driven. This strip can consist of compressed paper, papier mach, sheet metal, flexible wood, or, in fact, any material which can be bent intermediate its ends to form a loop 2. This loop will be comparatively large in proportion to the length of the alley and will be formed by bending the strip intermediate its ing the strip the respective ends will be on the same horizontal plane, so that the projectile will traverse the strip horizontally beforeenof the strip is plain-that is, without grooves or edge flanges the projectile must be discharged from the spring-fingers by a follower,

to be referred to hereinafter, so that it will re- 1 main in practically the longitudinal center of the strip at all times until it comes in contact with the game-pieces; otherwise the projectile will be liable-to jump from the strip before it reaches the game-pieces. Thus it will be seen that some judgment will have to be exercised in discharging theprojectile to knock down the greatest numberof game-pieces. A barrier or net 4 is vertically arranged and supported by the extreme rear end of the alley, so as to retard or stop the progress of the projectile after it has passed the gamepieoes. The two portions of the strip are connectedby across-piece, which may com-.

prise a plate or other device 5. On the forward end of the strip or alley is a springpressed follower 6, longitudinally movable in a guide-casing 7, having an elongated slot 8 in its top, through which projects a pin 9 of the follower. To the sides of the casing are arranged spring-fingers l0 and 11, respectively,'which'are designed to hold a projectile, preferably a sphere 12, directly opposite the outlet-opening 13. When the follower is retracted within the casing, the spring 14 is compressed, and as soon as the follower is released the expansion of the spring will be sufficient to cause the follower to strike the with enough force to cause it to traverse the loop and pass off at an angle to its point of entrance, so that if the projectile is properly manipulated it will come in contact with one or more of the game-pieces 3 and remove them from their normal position. Of course the object will be to displace as many of these game-pieces as possible for each shot made.

It will of course be apparent that any rules or regulations governing the game can be made or modified from time to time, and, it is the same.

Having thus fully described the invention, What is claimed as new is A game-board comprising a flat strip bent intermediate its ends and resting edge to edge to form a vertical loop, a cross-piece secured to the under side of the strip to fasten the edges of the latter together to preserve the loop, the opposite extremities of the strip being in the same horizontal plane and gradually diverged toward their terminals, a barrier extending transversely across one end of 1 

